Green motoring: an ABC
Know your hybrids from your biodiesel? Sean O'Grady explains the basics of eco-friendly driving
24 October 2006
In case you hadn't noticed, tomorrow is "Green Wheels Day" and the Energy Saving Trust is promoting "Eco Driving", to encourage us to change our driving styles and eliminate fuel-wasting bad habits. The Energy Saving Trust, by the way, is a non-profit body funded by the Government and the private sector to encourage us to, well, save energy.
It used to run an excellent scheme called PowerShift which gave out grants for converting cars to greener energy sources, buying hybrid and electric cars, and that sort of thing. No longer, sadly, so the trust is reduced to issuing booklets with tips about greener driving. Laudable enough, but not the kind of incentive the motorist needs to take more radical action.
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24 October 2006
In case you hadn't noticed, tomorrow is "Green Wheels Day" and the Energy Saving Trust is promoting "Eco Driving", to encourage us to change our driving styles and eliminate fuel-wasting bad habits. The Energy Saving Trust, by the way, is a non-profit body funded by the Government and the private sector to encourage us to, well, save energy.
It used to run an excellent scheme called PowerShift which gave out grants for converting cars to greener energy sources, buying hybrid and electric cars, and that sort of thing. No longer, sadly, so the trust is reduced to issuing booklets with tips about greener driving. Laudable enough, but not the kind of incentive the motorist needs to take more radical action.
story continued
posted by anthony m, at Tuesday, October 24, 2006
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